Makey Makey and Scratch
Makey Makey Description
"The Makey Makey is an electronic invention kit for all ages! The Makey Makey allows you to take everyday objects and combine them with the internet. Using the alligator clips attached to any conductive material you can control the keyboard of your computer, such as the space bar, arrow keys and left click of the mouse. When you are ready the back of the Makey Makey allows you to key map even more keys!"
Source: Makerspace for Education
What is Makey Makey?
Scratch Description
"Scratch is a programming language and an online community where children can program and share interactive media such as stories, games, and animation with people from all over the world."
Source: Scratch Website
What is Scratch?
Targeted audience: Elementary cycle 3,
Secondary cycle 1, cycle 2
Material: One Makey Makey kit and the online Scratch program on a tablet or a computer.
You can also add craft and experimentation material (according to your project):
Foil, cardboard, conductive copper tape, paper, pencils, clay, fruits, etc.
Instructions
Preparation
Pair up.
Take a Makey Makey kit.
Follow the steps to explore Makey Makey and create a first project.
Step 1: Learning the basics of Makey Makey
Go to this page: First Time Set Up! Basic How-to Guide
Complete steps 1 to 5 to understand the basics of Makey Makey.
Step 2: Exploring Makey Makey with Plug and Play Apps
Go to this page: Interactive Self Portrait with Poster app
Follow the instructions and create an interactive poster.
Step 3: Using Makey Makey with Scratch
Watch the video: Make an interactive poster with Scratch and Makey Makey.
Open Scratch and connect the Makey Makey extension.
Create a small interactive project as shown in the video: interactive book, poster, brochure, etc.
Add at least 2 coding actions to your project.